I finally got a round "tuit" and wiggled my 'farm' onto my layout.  Here's a few pics to show my progress.













You can see a few more 'gaps' to fill in, rearrange, modify, etc...

Thanks for looking,
More to follow.

Ken

PS: I also wiggled in a Feed Store.

What kind of 'real' tree branches are you using?  They look great
and in 'scale'.

Ken

Hi Sheldon, here's what I use.  It's the track cleaner and conditioner. Works great !


https://achlubes.com/

Ken

A little side project I've been working on:

This is the Center-Line production of their 'track cleaning car.  It
comes with the knurled brass cylinder.



The cylinder is heavy enough to scrub the top of the rails.
I use corduroy strips wrapped around the cylinder.



I also use Parafinic Hydrocarbon as cleaning solvlent soaked on the corduroy strip.
It cleans the wheels of whatever engine is pushing it, it repels dust and is electronicly
conductive.

Here I added a Woodland Scenic track cleaning product to the frond truck.  These are usually
used under of any rolling stock and less noticeable, but the brass cylinder is already
taking up that space.



It was pretty obvious rolling around so I wanted to make it appear as a maintenance-of-way
car.  This is what I came up with:





It looks great in from of Bachmann's Shays...



More to follow,

Ken

I need to do more of what you're doing.  That really looks nice.  I especially like the 'stubs' and
their bump-stops with all the greenery/weeds overtaking them. 

Ken

Well, I finally finished putting the "Farm" scene together.  My next project will be to
'frame' it in.  Enjoy the pics.  The water tank is a Woodlands Scenic product.









The Oliver 'Super 77' is a Miniprint.com production.


More to follow,

Ken

Hi Craig, to answer your question, 1991.  This is actually the fifth variation of back when
I laid down that first sheet of plywood.  It started as two pieces of plywood laid end to end.
All the track was a simple pinched oval or dog bone with a few turnouts.

A few years later I added a second level and doubled the track length.  The third level was originally
a return-loop.  After getting tired of all the stop-reverse polarity-and go of manual DC operation,
I added another length of track to have a continuous run up and down all three levels.  That's
where we are today.

Ken

Well, if you've been following along, from a post earlier of the 'garage' and the 'barn'
buildings, you'll know what I did here:



I made this little diorama to 'insert' in part of my railroad.  If you go all the way back
to page "1", where I left the ''white glue' bottle in the first picture, you will see the
big 'hole' that is yet to be filled.  This will be a part of that 'hillside' view.

More to follow,

Ken

Terry:  Did you also have a bunch of 'barn swallow' nests that you didn't
        like to walk under ?

Sheldon:  This photo was captured by a security camera and was in the local newspaper
          the following day, but everyone dismissed it as a hoax.



More to follow,

Ken

Thanks Terry,

I just 'signed up' and am awaiting approval.

Ken

One can never have too many figures...



More to follow,

Ken

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Ken

I need to clarify.  The previous reply:

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I was wondering where the 'PM' went.  Or, was the 'PM' a 'Like'.

Ken

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Ken

WOW !  Those 'lighted' scenes really shine through ! (pun intended)

On your landscapint:  What are you using for dirt ?  It looks like sand
in one of your photos.

Ken

Well, I finished another building for the 'farm'.  A barn.



Of course I used my usual materials, match sticks and split bamboo skewers.




I used 'blue' painters tape painted black for the roof tar paper.







I used Jute for the straw/hay in the loft.





The ladder to the loft is a Tichy Train product.

...and of course, that's a Bachmann 50-ton Climax in the background to give a
little perspective.

More to follow.

Ken